May 22, 2007

GPC votes unanimously *not* to reauthorize P.L. 106–107

I’m just listening to an NGP meeting and heard Tony Cavataio report that the Grants Policy Committee voted unanimously not to reauthorize Public Law 106–107, the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act. The purposes of this law, which is set…
May 21, 2007

Press release about Cayuse’s growth

Through the wonders of Google I stumbled upon this press release that gives some high-level information about Cayuse, a company providing software through which grantees can manage their applications:  Leading research and education institutes including The University of California at San Francisco,…

AZOGroup — tutorials about how to obtain grants

Chad Kimball of AZO Group contacted me by e‑mail to point out their online video tutorials about how to obtain grants from the government, foundations, and other places.  I took a quick run through the Grants.gov one, and it looks pretty good.…
May 9, 2007

Call for articles: USA Services Intergovernmental Solutions newsletter

Just received this call for articles via the National Grants Partnership mailing list. Looks like a good opportunity to raise awareness about those doing good work!  USA Services Intergovernmental Solutions publishes a newsletter that reports on trends and successes in information technology from…

HUD’s Barbara Dorf selected for National Public Service Award

There’s a nice profile of Barbara Dorf, HUD’s Director of the Office of Departmental Grants Management and Oversight, in this Federal Times report about recipients of the National Public Service Award. In it, Barbara is quoted talking about HUD’s Logic Model…
May 1, 2007

Complete Cost/Benefit of Enterprise Grants Management deck

Courtesy of our friends at Grantium, we can post all three presentations [PDF] that were given at a Grantium-sponsored event last week about “Cost/Benefit Analysis of Enterprise Grants Management”. The presenters were:  Sandy Swab, Grants Consultant, talked about The Drivers for…

FFATA data elements memo published

I didn’t know this [PDF] had been published but apparently so! OMB has released a memo detailing the data elements that agencies must collect and provide to comply with FFATA. From the memo:  Agencies now must organize and categorize this information for access…

Next Grants Policy Committee webcast: June 19, 1pm-3pm

I just heard that the next GPC webcast will be on June 19, from 1pm to 3pm. I don’t believe that the agenda has been issued yet but you can bet that FFATA will be under discussion! The webcast will be held…
April 30, 2007

Dan advocates FreeCycle

Dan Turner, the chap who runs TCG, has been quoted in a Washington Business Journal article about how some local businesses save money while growing:  Dan Turner, president of TCG, says the company’s goal is to save the government a total of…

TCG To Support USDA’s Lean Six Sigma Grants Process Initiative

We will be issuing this press release first thing in the morning. We’re very excited about this project, for working at USDA again and because of our application of Lean Six Sigma techniques to grants streamlining!  TCG TO SUPPORT USDA’S…